Meteorology/Agronomy/EnvSci/EnvSt 404/504

Final Exam
3 May 2000

1. Define sustainable development and discuss some of the key issues that are essential in such a process.



2. There likely will be winners and losers in agricultural production under climate change.
   
   
   • List two nations that likely will be winners and state why.
   
   
   
   • List two nations that likely will be losers and state why.
   
   
   
   • Discuss the equity issues that arise in consideration of perpetrators and winners/losers in climate change.
   
   
   
3. Demographic transition
   
   
   • Define this term and give examples of nations at various stages.
   
   
   
   • Discuss some actions that might be taken to accelerate this process.
   
   
   
4. Knowledge-building (KB) process
   
   
   • List and describe three elements or characteristics of the KB process as defined by Stahl
   
   
   
   • How has understanding this process helped your understanding of global change issues?
   
   
   
5. Ogallala aquifer
   
   
   • Why is this aquifer of such concern?
   
   
   
   • How might societal response to changes in this aquifer be analogous to societal response to climate change?
   
   
   
6. What is meant by water-use efficiency and how is it affected by global change?